I also set up my new journal. I’ve switched from an A5 notebook to travelers notebook inserts – I prefer the dimensions of it. It just looks and feels right.

Cover Page

First Entry

My sister gave me a lovely little notebook for my birthday last week, and I’ve decided to use it as a repository for quotes. I couldn’t just write them down though, so I’ve also turned it into a little art journal.

Now, on to scrapbooking … I made another layout for my Mixed Media Monday series in which I used a napkin as a background paper and added gesso and Distress Oxides. For Cheeky Studio, I used the August ‘Notebook Nancy’ kit to make a layout featuring two reading-photos of my daughter. Both layouts have process videos on YouTube.

Mixed Media Monday

For Cheeky Studio

The scrapbooking frenzy started on Saturday with a spontaneous weekend of challenges set by Sarah Jane in the Lottie Loves Paper Facebook group. There were ten in total, and I managed to complete them all. I had loads of fun using bits from my LLP kits and delving into my stash to find other bits I’d forgotten I had! The For the Love of Pretty Paper Facebook Group also launched their Winter Olympics challenge, so I made a layout for the first event – the luge.

Challenge 1 – Grab 5

Challenge 2 – Grab 5

Challenge 3 – Scraplift

Challenge 4 – Grab 5

Challenge 5 – Colour Palette

Challenge 6 – Laura’s Sketch

Challenge 7 – Grab 5

Challenge 8 – Grab 5

Challenge 9 – TicTacToe

Challenge 10 – All About You

FTLOPP Winter Olympics

On Monday, on the EllieBeth Designs UK blog, I shared my post about how to use mixed media in your planners. And over the course of the week, I painted a couple of pictures for the online course I’m taking at the moment: Angela Fehr’s Watercolour Mastery. We’re only in the second week now, but already I can tell it’s the perfect course for me to take at this stage of my watercolour journey.

EBDUK Blog Post

Watercolour Mastery

So, I think that just about wraps it up. It’s been a whirlwind of a week, and I seem to have regained a little bit of energy, which is fab. My brain is nowhere near as foggy as it’s been recently. Hurrah!

This coming week, I will be filming and sharing daily Plan With Me videos in which I give you a nitty-gritty insight into what I get up to each day, both in my personal life and in my creative life – and, more importantly, how my bullet journal helps me to navigate through it all! Stay tuned for that. Thanks for stopping by! xxx

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